Internal communication By reinforcing the internal culture and reasserting the specific nature of ASN’s remit, rallying the staff around the strategic orientations defined for their missions, and developing strong group dynamics: ASN’s internal communication, in the same way as human resources management, endeavours to foster the sharing of information and experience between teams and professions. 2.4 The consultative and discussion bodies 2.4.1 The High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Safety The TSN Act created a High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Safety (HCTISN), an information, discussion and debating body dealing with the risks inherent in nuclear activities and the impact of these activities on human health, the environment and nuclear safety. The HCTISN can issue an opinion on any question in these fields, as well as on controls and the relevant information. It may also examine all questions concerning the accessibility of information on nuclear safety and propose all measures such as to guarantee or improve nuclear transparency. It can be called on by the Government, Parliament, the Local Information Committees (CLIs) or the licensees of nuclear facilities, with regard to all questions relating to information about nuclear safety and its regulation and oversight. The HCTISN’s activities in 2021 are described in chapter 5. 2.4.2 The High Council for Public Health The High Council for Public Health (HCSP), created by Act 2004806 of 9 August 2004 concerning public health policy, is a scientific and technical consultative body reporting to the Minister responsible for health. It contributes to defining the multi-year public health objectives, reviews the attainment of national public health objectives and contributes to their annual monitoring. Together with the health agencies, it provides the public authorities with the expertise necessary for managing health risks and for defining and evaluating prevention and health safety policies and strategies. It also anticipates future developments and provides advice on public health issues. 2.4.3 The High Council for Prevention of Technological Risks Consultation about technological risks takes place before the High Council for Prevention of Technological Risks (CSPRT), created by Ordinance 2010-418 of 27 April 2010. Alongside representatives of the State, the Council comprises licensees, qualified personalities and representatives of environmental associations. The CSPRT, which takes over from the high council for classified facilities, has seen the scope of its remit extended to pipelines transporting gas, hydrocarbons and chemicals, as well as to BNIs. The Government is required to submit Ministerial Orders concerning BNIs to the CSPRT for its opinion. ASN may also submit resolutions relating to BNIs to it. By Decree of 28 December 2016, the scope of competence of the CSPRT was again expanded. A standing sub-committee responsible for preparing the Council’s opinions in the field of PE takes the place of the Central Committee for Pressure Equipment (CCAP). The role of this sub-committee is to examine non-regulatory decisions falling within this scope of competence. It comprises members of the various administrations concerned, persons chosen for their particular competence and representatives of the pressure equipment manufacturers and users and of the technical and professional organisations concerned. It must be referred to by the Government and by ASN for all questions relating to Ministerial Orders concerning pressure equipment. The accident files concerning this equipment are also copied to it. 2.4.4 The Local Information Committees and the National Association of Local Information Committees and Commissions The Local Information Committees (CLIs) for BNIs are tasked with a general duty of monitoring, information and consultation on the subject of nuclear safety, radiation protection and the impact of nuclear activities on humans and the environment, with respect to the site or sites which concern them. They may request expert assessments or have measurements taken on the installation’s discharges into the environment. ASN INTERNATIONAL AUDITS (IRRS MISSIONS) The IAEA’s Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) missions are designed to improve and reinforce the efficiency of national nuclear regulatory frameworks, while recognising the ultimate responsibility of each State to ensure safety in this field. These missions take account of regulatory, technical and strategic aspects, make comparisons with IAEA Safety Standards and, as applicable, take account of best practices observed in other countries. These audits are the result of the European Nuclear Safety Directive which requires a peer review mission every ten years. RECORD OF MISSIONS IN FRANCE 2006: ASN hosted the first IRRS mission concerning all the activities of a safety regulator. 2009: IRRS follow-up mission. 2014: new review mission extended to include management of security/safety interfaces. 2017: follow-up mission in October to assess the steps taken following the review carried out at the end of 2014, with the following findings and recommendations: ཛྷ implementation of measures to address 15 of the 16 recommendations; ཛྷ achievement of significant progress in improving its management system; ཛྷ drafting of general policy principles including safety culture aspects in training, self-evaluation and management; ཛྷ achievement of efficiency gains across all activities; ཛྷ need to continue improving resources management to ensure that they enable future challenges to be met, more particularly the periodic safety reviews, the NPP operating life extension, the graded approach to issues, plus new responsibilities, such as supervision of the supply chain and the security of radioactive sources. The reports for the 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2017 IRRS missions are available for consultation on asn.fr. ASN considers that by contributing to the adoption of the best international practices, the IRRS missions constitute a tool for the continuous improvement of safety worldwide. At the request of ASN, a further IRRS mission is scheduled in France for Spring 2024. In 2021, ASN experts also took part in IRRS missions in Denmark and Switzerland. 134 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2021 02 – THE PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION AND THE REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT STAKEHOLDERS
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